Pianist Sheila Weidendorf in Concert Set for WICA, 7/13

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts is excited to present Sheila Weidendorf in Concert, on Saturday, July 13, 2013, at 7:30 PM.

Enjoy an evening of classical music with pianist Sheila Weidendorf, performing 19th century romantic solo piano works by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, and Liszt and exploring the gamut of juicy human emotion and experience. Also included in the program are collaborative works by Debussy, Desenclos, Poulenc, Messiaen, and Mozart. Settle in with a throwback to the Classical era in an ebulliant piano duet of W. A. Mozart, with guest pianist Dianne Vars. This dynamic evening will also feature guest artists Frances Kenney, Brian Kenney, Gloria Ferry-Brennan and Neil Welch.

Sheila Weidendorf began her musical life at age 9, studying first the piano and then pipe organ, saxophone and voice. She focused on piano performance in music school, and performed regularly until injury forced an early retirement. She only returned to the keyboard about five years ago, and now enjoys a rich performance life on Whidbey Island. Sheila also plays in popular idioms, offering musical direction for Scrooge and The Full Monty in WICA's 2012-13 Theatre Season. Sheila will also be musical director for WICA's upcoming play in the 2013-2014 Theatre Season, City of Angels. She sings with Whidbey Chamber Singers, and has now founded Island Consort, Whidbey Island's resident Early Music ensemble, with both vocalists and instrumentalists performing works of the Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods. She is a vocalist and harpsichordist for the Consort. In addition, Sheila plays and records with Rhythmodique, an improvisational jazz project and is currently preparing for a multitude of concerts in 2013-14 and beyond.

Tickets for the Sheila Weidendorf Concert are $15 and are on sale at wicaonline.com and by calling the WICA box office at 800-638-7631 or 360-221-8268. Whidbey Island Center for the Arts is located at 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, Washington.

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